Craig Prothro

Shreve Land Construction, a division of Brice Building Co. Inc., recently announced the appointment of Craig Prothro as controller.

Prothro has 19 years experience in handling the financial, strategic planning, profit and loss, human resources, IT and overall administration of a business organization.

He received a bachelor's degree in construction from Northeast Louisiana University in Monroe. Prior to joining Shreve Land Construction, Prothro served as the branch manager and controller for Airgas Inc. for eight years.

Shreve Land Construction, a division of Brice Building Company, is a commercial general contractor based in Shreveport since 1967 with an office in Dallas since 1998. The company has experience in the new construction and renovation of commercial buildings to include educational, retail, office, industrial, medical, distribution, multifamily, student housing, retirement communities and manufacturing.

Glen J. Gulino, Donald A. David

Industrial Specialty Contractors LLC of Baton Rouge is expanding with a new office in Beaumont, Texas. The office will service the "Golden Triangle" area and Lake Charles.

ISC has appointed Glen J. Gulino as the regional manager for the Beaumont and Lake Charles areas. Gulino will oversee the operations in the new Beaumont office. He is a 1986 graduate of LSU in Construction Management.

He has been an associate of ISC since 1989 and served as a project coordinator, construction coordinator and more recently as estimating/business development manager at the ISC corporate office in Baton Rouge. Currently, he is active in Associated Builders and Contractors in the Southeast Texas and Lake Charles regions.

ISC also named Donald A. David P.E. as engineering/estimating manager.

David will manage these departments at the ISC corporate office. He has been an associate of ISC since 1990.

Previously the engineering manager, he holds a bachelor's degree in electrical engineering from LSU. He also holds a Louisiana and Texas Professional Engineering license. Other licenses include a Master Electrician license for the states of Alabama, Tennessee, Mississippi and California.

"Both Glen and Donnie are very talented and motivated individuals," said Jerry Rispone, ISC President. "They have contributed greatly to the success of ISC and we are confident they will bring even greater success to ISC in the future."

ISC, with offices in Baton Rouge, Houston and Beaumont specializes in industrial instrumentation and electrical work for the chemical processing, petrochemical, communications, power, pulp & paper and refining industries.

Fares Y. Abdo

Portland Cement Association recently named Fares Y. Abdo as program manager of water resources within the association's public works department.

Abdo is responsible for the promotion of cement-based solutions for water resources applications such as water conveyance, water and wastewater treatment facilities, dams, spillways, canals, bank protection and reservoir liners.

He is a member of the American Concrete Institute and has extensive industry experience, including work in the fields of concrete consultation, structural and construction materials investigation, nondestructive testing of concrete and pavement construction. Abdo is also a registered professional engineer in Alabama.

Abdo holds a master's degree in civil engineering, structures and construction materials from the University of Alabama at Birmingham. He also has a bachelor's degree in civil engineering, structures, from the same university.

Prior to joining PCA, Abdo has worked for Vulcan Materials Company as manager/research engineer at Vulcan's Technical Services Center and has held various positions with MACTEC Engineering and Consulting Inc.

Lee Buddrus

Lee Buddrus was recently elected president of the Air Movement and Control Association International Inc. Buddrus is currently president of Acme Engineering.

Throughout his career, Buddrus has been a strong supporter of AMCA International. He has served as chairman of the Air Movement Division and has served on the 410 Committee and the Facility Expansion Task Force. He is currently serving as the chairman of the Air Movement Code Action Review Committee and was elected to AMCA International's Board of Directors in October 2001.

He also had an earlier stint on the AMCA International Board of Directors from 1993 to 1999. Until today, Buddrus served as vice president on the Executive Committee.

The AMCA is a not-for-profit international association of related air system equipment - primarily but not limited to fans, louvers, dampers, air curtains, airflow measurement stations, acoustic attenuators and other air system components for the industrial, commercial and residential markets throughout the world.